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KING, Robert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 99, 470 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Nethybridge, Inverness, Scotland, 12 August 1892 |
Home Town: | Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Abernethy Public School, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Cancer, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 30 August 1960, aged 68 years |
Cemetery: |
Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld Section 20, Plot 433, Grave Number 12678. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
25 Apr 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, knee | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
6 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 470, 3rd Field Company Engineers, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
21 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 470, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (thigh) | |
20 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 16th Field Company Engineers | |
24 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 470, 3rd Field Company Engineers |
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